Auswirkungen der Flüchtlingssituation auf den Tourismus: Eine empirische Untersuchung bei niedersächsischen Tourismusunternehmen, Tourismusorganisationen und touristisch geprägten Kommunen

Thiesing Ernst-Otto (), Henkel Meike () and Schmitt Marieke ()
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Thiesing Ernst-Otto: Ostfalia Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften, Institut für Tourismus- und Regionalforschung (IfTR), Karl- Scharfenberg- Str. 55-57, D-38229Salzgitter, Germany
Henkel Meike: Ostfalia Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften, Institut für Tourismus- und Regionalforschung (IfTR), Karl- Scharfenberg- Str. 55-57, D-38229Salzgitter, Germany
Schmitt Marieke: Ostfalia Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften, Institut für Tourismus- und Regionalforschung (IfTR), Karl- Scharfenberg- Str. 55-57, D-38229Salzgitter, Germany

Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft, 2017, vol. 9, issue 2, 193-220

Abstract: The present study analyzes the impacts of the refugee situation on tourism industry in Lower Saxony. With the consideration of the possible consequences of the influx of refugees on tourism, a component of refugee migration, which has hitherto hardly been explored in science, is investigated. A survey of the opportunities and risks of the refugee situation with regard to employment opportunities, destinations and budgetary situations in tourist communities is conducted among actors at different levels of tourism. As a result, opportunities for the labor market as well as the ability to act in municipalities can be assessed. With this contribution, a first step to explore the complex effects of refugee migration on the tourism industry is provided.

Keywords: Refugees; hotels; skills shortage; municipalities; Lower Saxony; Flüchtlinge; Hotels; Fachkräftemangel; Kommunen; Niedersachsen; Refugees; hotels; skills shortage; municipalities; Lower Saxony (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1515/tw-2017-0013

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